Voices for Georgia's children legislative priorities, breakfast announced

Earlier this month the Savannah Morning News (Jan. 16) reported a children's advocacy group saw "great possibilities'' for the state's kids in this session of the Georgia General Assembly.

Now the Atlanta-based organization Voices for Georgia's Children, has a new priority list and their 6th annual legislative breakfast to pitch it.

The 2010 priority list identifies:

* Ensure that the state's children get the start they need.

* Safeguard children's health

* Promote better outcomes for Georgia's vulnerable or disconnected children

* Support the efforts of Georgia's child advocates

The group's 6th annual legislative breakfast is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Feb. 23 in the Blue Room of the Georgia Freight Depot, 65 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta.

Guest speaker will be Philip A. Peterson, senior vice president, Aon Consulting. He is part of a group of corporate leaders who seek to highlight the importance of early childhood investment as a strategy for America' long-term economic conpetitiveness.

For more information, contact Pat Willis, Voices executive director, at 404-521-0292 or visit the group's Web site at www.georgiavoices.org